Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,163 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Horace Roscoe Cayton, Sr. (1859-1940)
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Robert Purvis (1810-1898)
Bibb Graves Hall, Alabama State University, 2002
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Alabama State University (1867- )
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Tarika Wilson (1981-2008)

Explore Global African History

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Moïse Kapenda Tshombe (1919–1969)
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Mbabane, Swaziland (1887- )
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Brita Ababa Þórhallsdóttir (1999- )
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Makerere University (1922– )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Defending Nikkei: Hugh MacBeth and the Japanese American Internment
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Fighting for Freedom on Both Sides of the American Revolution
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Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft (1902-1985) and the Long Civil Rights Movement in Texas
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Uncle Tom Revisited: Rescuing the Real Character from the Caricature

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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